JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. and Powerway PV SA Pty., Ltd. formed a JV to establish a solar module manufacturing facility in South Africa. The facility, located in Port Elizabeth’s COEGA Industrial Development Zone, will service customers in South Africa and the broader southern African region with solar modules assembled from JA Solar’s high-efficiency cells.
Production is scheduled to begin in Q2 2014, with the plant targeted to reach an initial annualized capacity of 150 MW. At a BBBEE level 3 status, the facility is expected to provide over 200 employment opportunities to the local community within the first year of production. The companies will have the option to expand the production capacity of the facility up to 600 MW.
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